• Ivory White – never pure white
• 120g minimum weight
• This of how special your CV can be compared with others

Technical Jobs – Arial Font (Size: 10 – 12)

Media or Business – Times New Roman

Your Name must be on top (Size: 14 – 16)

Under the heading will be your profile to talk about yourself. One good reference is the newspaper under your stars. This will give you about 3 – 4 sentences to describe yourself. Notice how the stars description makes you feel good, this will have similar effect on the reader as well.

Most employers are interested in key skills and key achievements.

A career summary, education summary, interests and hobbies then follow this. Education summary should not be all but just enough, giving you topics to talk with during interviews.

Go to the local library and search for IT yearbook. This will provide you with the information for employment chances and with a listing for all companies requiring IT related people.

Before going to interview, call up the company to ask for information about the company. Give instances like you are in a project doing a survey on their field of expertise and require information about their company.

Your cover letter should be about 3 paragraphs. Staring with introduction and your objectives.

Always send your mail to the manager in charge of HR and with recorded mail. This is very important so as your mail will get past the first few stages. Always follow up your first letter to show your interest.

With this in mind, surveys say that 1:300 lose their jobs or get into the wrong job.

Say that you are will to work for free with them just providing your travel expenses. If they are not happy, they can choose not to employ you. Very often they will take you in.

People who find their goals often have the one simple question: What and How?

Posture, body language, handshake and eye contact is really important. The first five minutes can determine whether they would want to employ you.

NLP – Nero Linguistic Programming

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